Roadside Real Estate has acquired Hoch Group

June 2026 — Roadside Real Estate plc has acquired Hoch Group Ltd. for US$37.8 million, marking a significant milestone in Roadside’s buy-and-build strategy in the UK energy forecourt sector. The acquisition adds 12 premium forecourt sites and a convenience store, expanding the group’s portfolio to 20 operational locations across strategically clustered regions in Northwest England

Roadside is a London-listed business focused on acquiring, owning and operating multi-fuel roadside destinations with place-based retail infrastructure. The company focuses on acquiring and developing sites where it can deliver its convenience offering to consumers. Its 20 sites feature a mix of drive-through facilities, trade counters, convenience food, leisure, self-storage, last-mile logistics, petrol filling stations and ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging facilities.

The Hoch Group portfolio comprises 12 premium-quality operational petrol filling stations and a standalone convenience store. The Hills-branded sites are mainly located in Cumbria, UK, including Corby Hill, Coniston, Carlisle, Whitehaven, Ambleside, Penrith, Workington and Stainburn, and generated approximately 41 million liters of fuel sales based on FY25 figures.

Our role in the transaction

Oaklins Cavendish, one of Oaklins’ member firms in the UK, supported Roadside across the full range of its corporate activity over six months. On the acquisition side, the team advised on four transactions, including the acquisition of Hoch Group and a further freehold petrol filling station, with a combined value of approximately US$82.9 million. Alongside this, Oaklins Cavendish raised around US$28 million in new equity and its debt advisory team arranged approximately US$47 million of new facilities, including a US$34 million HSBC revolving credit facility with a US$13.5 million accordion, providing the funding structure to support the next phase of growth.